Tourist&#39;s and traveler&#39;s cap.



Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

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H. c. HARRISON & W.M. OBRIEN.

TOURISTS AND TRAVELER'S GAP. APPLIGATION FILED AUG. 2, 190-1. RENEWED001. 20. 1908.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES P TENT ornron.

HENRY o. 'nnnmson ANnwIuJ-mmmims 'OBRIEN, or SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH,ASSIGN- oas TO Auronosonrro Mask COMPANY, oF'sALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, Aooaronn'mon OF UTAH.

renters Aim zrnn'vnms s Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented'F'e'b. 2, 1909.

Application filed August 2, 1907, Serial 110,886,741. Renewed-October20, 1908. Serial No. 458,726.

To all whom it may concern:

' and useful Improvements in Tourists" and ed ab Travelers Caps, ofwhich thefollowing is a specification.

Our invention relates broadly to an improvementincaps, and particularlycontemplates the provision of a cap adapted especially for use bytourists and travelers, which may be quickly and easily converted from acap which to al ap arances is a simple construction of an ordinarytourists cap, into a cap, and shield for the eyes and the upper )art ofthe face, for use in automobiling and test driving.

A further object of our invention is "the provision of a simpleinexpensive and highly eflicient structure to be substituted for thebulky and weighty caps of this character now upon the market.

Our invention further and specifically resides in the following'featuresof construction, arrangement and operation, as will be hereinafterdescribed withreference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which like numerals are used to designate likeparts throughout the several "figures, and in which- Figure 1 is a side.elevation of our improved cap in the position the same will-assume whenbeing used as a tourist 5 cap, Fig. 2 is a similar view of the cap in aposition the same will.

assume when being used as an automobile cap and mask, Fig. 3 is a frontelevation of the same, Fi 4 is a central vertical sectional view taken trough the ca shown in Fig. 2, and Figs, 5 and 6 are on argeddetailsectional views illustrating parts to be hereinafter s ecifioallyreferred to.

In t e practical embodiment of our invention we provide a cap body 1 ofthe ordinary construction rovided on its front lower edge with a curvedsection of wire mesh 2 extend ing partially around the sides of saidbody portion 1. The material of the body portion 1 is preferably unitedto theupper curved go of the section of wire mesh 2 by 'a suite binding3, the lower edge of said-section 2 having a binding 4 extendmgcontinuously thereupon.

The vizor 5 of our improved cap comprises an enlarged section of wiremesh 6 having a substantially wide braid or binding 7 extending aroundits lower curved edge and having a binding 8 extending around its upperedge. The bound edges 4 and 8 of the wire mesh sections 2 and ,6 arefreely connected by means of the extended webs 9 secured to the section2 above its binding 4 and extending downwardly on both sides thereof andsecured with the binding 8 of the section 6. This connection forms apivot whereby the sections 2 and 6 when pressed together in the positionshown in Fig. i will stay in such osition by reason of the engagement oftheir bindings 4 and 8 respectively, as shown in Fig. 6, and when movedto the position shown in Fig. 2 the same again be true as shown in Fig.5

,While the section 2 of wire mesh above the vizor is provided to form astifiening section to which the section 6 may be hinged, and to preservethe she e of the cap, it will be understood that sald section 2 forms anexcellent medium whereby the head may be ventilat-ed especially when thevizor is pulled downto protect the eyescumference of the lower cap bodyand alloW-,

ing the same to be pulled down'over the forehead until the wiremeshsection 6 lies directly in front of the eyes to protect the same fromany chance stones or dirt thrown up by the fast moving vehicle.

From the foregoing, it will be readily'a parent that, owing to thecurvature of t e user s forehead which necessitates an extreme curvatureof the vizor and the mesh section 2 of the cap body when in use, theconversion of the devices from a ca to a ca mask cannot be accomplishedwhile t 1e device is upon the user s head and that the same must beremoved from the head before the change illustrated by Figs. 1 and .2 ofthe drawing can be accomplished. Thus all den or of accidentaldisplacement, which t otherwise occur in so simple an article, beobviated.

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nected to and extending continuousl alon scribed comprising a odyportion having a stiff foraminous section secured therein to form thelower front edge, and a vizor composed of stiff foraminous material,said foraminous section being freely hinged along its lower edge to theupper edge of said vizor to fold forwardly thereupon, substantially asdescribed. a;

3. A convertible cap of the character described comprising a bodyportion having a stiflcning section secured adjacent its lower frontedge and a vizor com osed of stiff foraminous material, and flexi lewebs connected to and extending continuously along the lower edge ofsaid stiffening section and the upper edge of said vizor, formin a hingewhereby said stiffening section may e folded forwardly and downwardlyupon said vizor, substantially as described.

4. A convertible ca of the character described, comprising a ody portionhaving a stiff foraminous section secured therein to form the lowerfront edge, a vizor composed of stifi foraminous material, and webs..con

the lower edge of said foraminous section an the upper edge of saidvizor, forming a hinge whereby said section may be folded forward y anddownwardly upon said vizor, substantially as described.

5. A convertible ca of the character de scribed, comprising a odyportion having a curved stiff foraminous section secured therein to'formthe lower front edge thereof, and a vizor composed of stiff foraminousmaterial, said foraminous section extending around the said hat bodyapproximately as far as the ends of said vizor and being hinged alongits lower edge to the-upper ed e of said vizor to fold forwardlythereon, su stantially as described.

6. A convertible ca of the character described com rising a ody portionhaving a curved stiff orammous section secured there in to form thelower front edge thereof, and a vizor composed of a stiff foraminousmaterial and having a comparatively wide bindin extending around thelower outer edge, said foraminous section extending around the said hatbody approximately as far as the ends of said vizor and being hingedalong its lower edge to the upper edge of said vizor to fold forwardlthereon, whereb the foraminous materia of said vizor w'l be covered andonly its bound edge will be visible.

7,. A convertible ca of the character described, comprising a odyportion having a stiff foraminous section secured therein to form thelower front edge thereof, a vizor composed of stiff foraminous material,said foraminous section extending around the said hat body approximatelyas far as the ends of the said vizor, and flexible webs con nected toand extending continuously along the lower edge of said section and theupper edge of said vizor and forming a hinge whereby said section may befolded forwardly and downwardly upon said vizor, substantially asdescribed.

8. A convertible ca of the character described, com rising a ody portionhaving a curved st' foraminous section secured therein to form the lowerfront edge thereof, a vizor composed of a stiff foraminous material andhaving a comparatively wide binding extending around the lower outeredge thereof, said foraminous section extending around the said hat bodyapproximately as far as the ends of said vizor, and flexible websconnected to and extending continuously along the lower edge of saidsection and the u per edge of said vizor and forming a hinge w ereby"said section may be folded forwardly and downwardly upon said vizor,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY C. HARRISON. WHJLIAM MANNING O'BRIEN.

Witnesses:

J. R. HAAS, A. R. WEBSTER.

